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Customer Service Representative

Location:
Rockford, IL, 61108
Posted:
October 06, 2010

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Resume:

Joanna S Wood

**** ********* ********, ** *****

815-***-****

abj179@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To find a rewarding career where I can utilize my skills to exceed the

company's goals, as well as my own. I firmly believe that no matter what

you know that there is always something new you can learn everyday.

EMPLOYMENT

Physicians Immediate Care / PV Billing Center,

03/2009 to Present

Patient Account Phone Rep.

Patient account Rep for the billing center for various Urgent Care Clinics

supported by PV Billing. Take incoming and place outgoing calls regarding

patient accounts. Problem- solving medical claims issues, resolving

insurance payments and non payment issues. Being an advocate for the

patients in order to obtain benefits payments, medical appeals, and help in

obtaining patient financial aid. Analyzing clinic specific protocols and

spreadsheets in order to make sure all claims and accounts are processed

correctly. Initiating claims appeals with insurance companies as well as

medical review boards. Handling of patient complaints regarding charges

incurred and quality of service given at the specific clinics.

Bergstrom, Inc

10/2003 to 03/2009

Material Administrator/EDI Co-coordinator/Customer Service

While at Bergstrom I worked as a Customer Service representative for the

first year. Duties Included: Order Entry, Maintaining orders for customers

ensuring that orders were met on time and maintaining strong on time

delivery goals. Working with planners, and production teams to ensure

orders were met, shortages were reported, and kept customer's changes in

orders updated. Keeping track of on time delivery for each customer that I

was responsible for. I also assisted in the planning of some of the

material that was needed to drive my customer base. I then became an

expeditor, I worked with the planners and buyers to help drive in material

for past due Purchase Orders as well as material that would become a

shortage. I maintained shortage sheets with updated dates/answers as to

when the supplier would be able to deliver parts that were need to keep the

lines running and followed up Daily on them. I also maintained a weekly

spreadsheet of past due Purchase Orders and Purchase Orders that were due

out one week, in order to prevent them from ending up on the shortage

sheets and to help eliminate any upcoming PO's that would be going past

due. Kept track of Bergstrom's overall on time delivery, Quality, Absence,

and Tardy goals by updating/maintaining Daily spreadsheets to reflect our

percentages versus our goals. Handled the transmittal and distribution of

EDI Reports every morning to each Customer Service Rep as well as the

sending of 810's (Electronic Billing) of customers in order to get paid for

invoicing of goods sent. I was responsible for backing up all customer

service team members while they were out for any reasons sometimes for long

periods of time for vacations and Family leaves. I routinely took on added

responsibilities for my leader as needed.

Great West

Customer Service Representative

Answered incoming calls from Providers. Members, and Pharmacies regarding

benefits questions, Summary of benefits, as well as help to resolve medical

and dental claims issue. Medical terminology needed for position.

Education

Missouri Western State College 1997-1998

St Joseph MO

Blue Springs South HS 1996- Graduated - Diploma

Blue Springs Mo

Skills

Microsoft Works, Word, Excel, Power Point

Type 50+WPM

Handling customer complaints properly

Medical Terminology

JD Edwards

Excellent Data Entry Skills/Accuracy

Great West sponsored training in medical terminology, HIPPA, and coding

TRAINING

Bergstrom sponsored: Safety training, HVAC class, Customer Service

Classes/Webinars

Seminars in: Sales Tax, Customer service for difficult customers

Dale Carnegie Customer Service Excellence Class

REFERENCES

Phyllis Campos

Bergstrom- Previous Supervisor

815-***-**** X 3970

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Sue Stoltz

Bergstrom-Previous Team Member

815-***-**** x 3920

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Edith Bilang

Bergstrom- Former Co Worker/Team Member

815-***-****

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